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Hannah Frishberg

Hannah Frishberg

Nov
17
MTA Announces Fare Hike For Subways & Buses: Straphangers, What Do You Think?

MTA Announces Fare Hike For Subways & Buses: Straphangers, What Do You Think?

Photo by pi5tol_p [http://websta.me/p/1045664063178312227_277752209]No matter which way you slice it, subway fares will
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Nov
17
New York Islanders Perform “Mannequin Challenge” With Kids At Seth Low Visit [Video]

New York Islanders Perform “Mannequin Challenge” With Kids At Seth Low Visit [Video]

Photo by Alison WhiffinNew York Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock and forward Anders Lee took a visit to Seth Low Intermediate
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Nov
17
Southern Boro Park Weed Lot To Get Multi-Family Apartment Building

Southern Boro Park Weed Lot To Get Multi-Family Apartment Building

1668 59th Street photo via Google MapsYet another “anonymous” Brooklyn-based company is building up southern Brooklyn, this time bringing a
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Nov
17
The South BK Beat: Homeless People Camping In Bay Ridge Bank Lobbies, China Wants To Be Like Brooklyn

The South BK Beat: Homeless People Camping In Bay Ridge Bank Lobbies, China Wants To Be Like Brooklyn

An oldie but a goodie. The Verrazano in 2005. Photo via WikipediaWhat southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week?
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Nov
16

Life in Bensonhurst, According To This 1969 Brochure, “Will Not Change Much In The Near Future”

Photos by Charles Harbutt via NYPL [http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1ca46110-c604-012f-b53c-58d385a7bc34#/?uuid=c42cb93f-8e2c-ca65-e040-e00a18064e5c&rotate=0] Take a trip
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Nov
16
UPDATED: Boro Park Warehouse Illegally Being Used As School, Tipster Complains

UPDATED: Boro Park Warehouse Illegally Being Used As School, Tipster Complains

1534 62nd Street, photo via Property Shark [http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property-Report/?propkey=261112]On an industrial Boro Park
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Nov
16
UPDATED: Bay Ridge Avenue R Train Station To Close Temporarily For Renovations

UPDATED: Bay Ridge Avenue R Train Station To Close Temporarily For Renovations

Photo via WikipediaState Senator and Senate representative to the MTA Capital Review Board Marty Golden announced on Monday that the
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Nov
15
Racist Manhattan Man Gets 12 Years For Robbing Chinese Women In Boro Park

Racist Manhattan Man Gets 12 Years For Robbing Chinese Women In Boro Park

Mugshot of Manuel Israel via Brooklyn DA’s OfficeThe 21-year-old Manhattan man who targeted and snatched the purses of Asian
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Nov
15
Brooklyn Republicans Applaud Trump’s Victory, Democrats Preach Unity

Brooklyn Republicans Applaud Trump’s Victory, Democrats Preach Unity

Photo via WikipediaIn the wake of last week’s historic presidential election — in which Brooklyn overwhelmingly voted Clinton, with the
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Nov
15
How Did Zagat Do In Southern Brooklyn?

How Did Zagat Do In Southern Brooklyn?

The 2017 Zagat’s review guide, photo via Amazon. Top right, Sheepshead Bay’s Roll-N-Roaster, bottom right Bay Ridge’s
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